The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties and Coalition of
Civil Society Groups on Wednttesday took to the streets of
Ado Ekiti to condemn Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose’s
tax policy.
The group consisting of the Coalition of South-West Youths,
Ekiti Youth Vanguard, Omoluabi Grassroots Coalition, Coalition
of Progressive Youths, and Ekiti Progressive Women Alliance
expressed their dissatisfaction with the N1,000 per pupil
development levy the state government had imposed on
primary and secondary school pupils.
The placard-carrying protesters marched from Old Garage
Junction to Ojumose Junction.
Some of the placards they waved read, ‘Enough of Rudderless
and Dictatorial Government in Ekiti’, ‘We are not happy with
the image Fayose is giving Ekiti’ and ‘It is Wrong for Primary/
Secondary Students to Pay Tax.’
Private schools in the state had on Monday declared a three-
day strike to protest against the N1,000 levy.
The National Association of Proprietors and Proprietresses of
Private Schools in Ekiti contended that the extension of the
levy to private schools was contrary to the spirit and letter of
Section 42(1) (a) and (b) of the 1999 Constitution.
The CNPP Chairman in the state, Tunji Ogunlola, and
spokesman for the group, Ayo Adelabu, during the protest
march, slammed Fayose’s tax policy.
He advised the governor to reverse the policy to prevent the
crisis from affecting the education sector.
He added, “Governor Fayose and his people have been
disgracing Ekiti. How can the 22 lawmakers go to Abuja to
protest against the DSS at the American Embassy? This shows
the level of indolence and anti-intellectual governance we
have in Ekiti.”
The coordinator of the Movement Against Corrupt Leaders, Mr
Yomi Osho, said, “Fayose cannot coerce the private school
owners into reopening their schools. They are fighting against
multiple taxes prohibited by the 1999 Constitution. The
governor is exploiting them, this is unacceptable.”
The coordinator of the Coalition of Progressives Youths,
Damilare Bewaji, said, “We are opposed to the imposition of
taxes everywhere, particularly on the pupils when their parents
are also paying.
“Pupils are suffering, market men and women are displaced
and crippled by various taxes. In the history of Ekiti, pupils in
private schools had never been asked to pay and it is now
happening under Fayose.”

Source:
http://www.punchng.com/protests-greet-fayoses-tax-policy/

Which students! !! maybe the fg doesn't pay him again! !. Yeye no one go pay

How can he Even think of such thing sef

Cows are better than this Fayose of a man

The handlers of this man are not doing enough to help him. He's having problems with APC, now he's having problems with his own people.

Make una tell Fayose, efcc is real ó.

I don't believe this.

stop spreading lies. Enemies of progress, see their faces they are out by all means to spoil the good name of gov. Ayodele Fayose because he always stand by the truth even in the face of intimidation

this guy is really dealing with ekiti people!!! he left his primary assignments in governing ekiti state cutting ponmo, buying roasted corn and driving a truck on the street! and some would come here hailing him as governor of the people!

Wow!
I had to click on the link to be double sure of the source. But who taxes pupils

ticker:
stop spreading lies. Enemies of progress, see their faces they are out by all means to spoil the good name of gov. Ayodele Fayose because he always stand by the truth even in the face of intimidation

Post your own truth or stop splashing smelly spit everywhere on the thread. Una no even get shame

Tallesty1:
I don't believe this.

You better believe it. Our governor has finally gone crazy. All private schools in Ekiti state are now locked. The proprietors have threatened not to open till the N1000 development levy is reversed.

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ticker:
stop spreading lies. Enemies of progress, see their faces they are out by all means to spoil the good name of gov. Ayodele Fayose because he always stand by the truth even in the face of intimidation

Prove it that Punch is lying or .............

Lalasticlala, if this thread is about Fayose abusing the president, it will be on front page in few minutes. If a governors plan to tax secondary and primary school students is not front page worthy, I wonder what's worth it.

Lalasticlala Mynd44 these students need your help

You won't see the wailers in this kind of thread.

[quote author=Tallesty1 post=43884625]I don't believe this.
This is real, I am a witness to these. The deputy governor went to Ikole yesterday to close schools base on #1000 per student per term.

Wonderful!!! just imagine

adonbilivit!!!
no be the same dude dey insult pmb for stamp duty? I dey curse aregbe before even that clown too go dey borrow do non revenue generating project which is not sustainable, wetin we go do to this one now?
ekiti kete.

OlujobaSamuel:
adonbilivit!!!
no be the same dude dey insult pmb for stamp duty? I dey curse aregbe before even that clown too go dey borrow do non revenue generating project which is not sustainable, wetin we go do to this one now?
ekiti kete.

You better believe it. Fayose is about to wreck the education sector in Ekiti state with is greedy tax policies and nobody seems to be concerned. Where in the world does private school pupils pay taxes to government?